Timeline of Islam in Australia

  • Macassan traders were long term visitors in the NT

    Macassan traders were long term visitors in the NT

    Macassan traders would go to the Northern Territory to trade and would have connections with the Aboriginal people.
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    Traders

    From around 1700s to 1900s, the traders from Makassar would go to the Northern Territory.
  • Afghan Cameleers

    Afghan Cameleers

    From Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, These cameleers used to trek the Australian outback with their camels. They would transport goods and carry letters. And it would be known that these people where Muslim.
  • Dost Mahomet and Esan Khan

    Dost Mahomet and Esan Khan

    Dost Mahomet and Esan Khan, 2 Afghan Muslim cameleers accompany the Burke and Wills expedition from Melbourne.
  • First Eid Celebration in Australia

    First Eid Celebration in Australia

    First Eid Celebration in Australia held in Melbourne.
  • The first mosque built in Australia

    The first mosque built in Australia

    It was built in 1887 in Broken Hill, and is the oldest standing mosque built by the Afghan cameleers.
  • Australia's First Largest Mosque Is Built,

    Australia's First Largest Mosque Is Built,

    In 1890, Australia's largest mosque is built in Adelaide..
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    1900s

    1900-1999
  • Albanian Migrants Arrive in Australia

    Albanian Migrants Arrive in Australia

    Around the 1920s-1930s Albanian migrants arrive in Australia to work. They mainly went to go work in North Queensland sugarcane farms and Victorian fruit farms
  • Turkish Muslims Migrate to Australia post WW2.

    Turkish Muslims Migrate to Australia post WW2.

    Around the 1940s, after the World War 2, European Muslims (Mainly Turkish) lead Muslim Migration to Australia.